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ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to accept Harrison avenue (portion), so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1916, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed, and appro- priate money for the same.
ART. 32. To see if the town will vote to accept Manton road, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1916, and reported to the town at this meeting.
ART. 33. To see if the town will vote to accept Sheridan terrace, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1916, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed.
ART. 34. To see if the town will vote to accept Stanwood road, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1916, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed.
ART. 35. To see if the town will vote to accept Bradlee avenue, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1916, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed.
ART. 36. To see if the town will vote to accept Stimpson road (por- tion), so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1916, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed.
ART. 37. To see if the town will vote to accept Sargent road (portion),
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so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1916, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed.
ART. 38. To see if the town will vote to accept Prospect avenue (portion), so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1916, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed.
ART. 39. To see if the town will vote to accept Arbutus road, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1916, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed.
ART. 40. To see if the town will vote to accept Aspen road, so called, to a point 200 feet north of Arbutus road, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated Decem- ber, 1916, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed.
ART. 41. To see if the town will vote to accept Hillcrest circle (por- tion), so called, as laid out by the Selectmen, shown on a plan drawn by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated December, 1916, and reported to the town at this meeting, as soon as the waivers are signed.
ART. 42. To see if the town will extend the sewer in Essex street from Essex avenue easterly about 350 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by George D. R. Durkee, et als.
ART. 43. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Banks road for about 500 feet southerly from Walker road, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Charles H. Atkins.
ART. 44. To see if the town will vote to have the sewer in Humphrey street extended easterly from its present termination for a distance of about 500 feet towards Phillips square, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by John L. Bradford, et als.
ART. 45. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer in Hillcrest circle 200 feet from Essex street, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by George D. R. Durkee, et als.
ART. 46. To see if the town will vote to put a sewer in Greenwood terrace and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Vernon E. Backus, et als.
ART. 47. To see if the town will vote to replace the present water main in Palmer avenue with a 6-inch main, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by W. W. Johnson, et als.
ART. 48. To see if the town will vote to extend the water main in Millett road for a distance of 200 feet, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Wiear L. Rowell, et als.
ART. 49. To see if the town will vote to have water pipes extended in Northern avenue and Phillips circle, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by John L. Bradford, et als.
ART. 50. To see if the town will vote to replace the present 2-inch water main in Phillips street and Claremont terrace with a 6-inch main, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
ART. 51. To see if the town will vote to replace the present 2-inch water main in Orient court with a 6-inch main, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
ART. 52. To see if the town will vote to extend the water main in Buena Vista avenue, from Roy street to Bertha street, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by C. Sanford Doughty, et als.
ART. 53. To see if the town will vote to lay a 6-inch water main in Manton road, from Humphrey street to Beach Bluff avenue, to replace the present 2-inch pipe, and appropriate money for same, as petitioned for by Fred L. Hiller.
ART. 54. To see if the town will vote to extend the water main in
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Hillcrest circle 150 feet when the abutters have agreed to pay 6 per cent. for cost of construction until the amount derived from water takers shall equal that amount, and appropriate money for same, as petitioned for by George D. R. Durkee, et als.
ART. 55. To see if the town will vote that the members of the Fire Department shall be excused from duty from one day out of every five, without loss of pay. The time and manner of excusing members of the Fire Department from duty in accordance with the provisions of this act shall be determined by the Chief, or other officer or board at the head of the Fire Department, as petitioned for by H. B. Sprague, et als.
ART. 56. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $7,500 for the purpose of making such additions to the Palmer school as may be required to furnish suitable accommodations for a 4th, 5th and 6th grade, as peti- tioned for by Charles F. Lovejoy, et als.
ART. 57. To see if the town will vote to increase the number of regular patrolmen by two, for the purpose of providing more complete and effect- ive police protection for the easterly end of the town, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by John H. Blodgett, et als.
ART. 58. To see what action the town will take in relation to increas- ing the salary of the regular police officers to $1,200 per year, and appro- priate $756 for the same, as petitioned for by James D. Bentley, et als.
ART. 59. To see if the town will vote to increase the pay of the special police officers of the town from 372 cents per hour to 41 cents per hour.
ART. 60. To see if the town will vote to increase the pay of five (5) private permanent men of the Swampscott Fire Department to twelve hundred dollars per year, and approprlate money for the same, as peti- tioned for by Elias G. Hodgkins, et als.
ART. 61. To see if the town will vote to increase the pay of the call men of the Swampscott Fire Department from $75 to $125 per year, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Elias G. Hodgkins, et als.
ART. 62. To see if the town will vote to change the name of Ontario street in Swampscott to Superior street, as petitioned for by Clarence W. Horton, et als.
ART. 63. To see if the town will vote to construct a landing stage at Blaney Beach, and make an appropriation therefor, as petitioned for by Herbert T. Jacobs, et als.
ART. 64. To see if the town will construct a concrete pavement with curbing, on Essex street, from the Lynn line, easterly, to the present con- crete roadway, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Oscar G. Poor, et als.
ART. 65. To see if the town will vote to resurface Cedar Hill terrace, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Surveyor of High ways.
ART. 66. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $675, to be placed in the hands of the Town Treasurer, under the provisions of Sec- tions 1 and 2 of Chapter 498 of Acts of 1908, entitled, "An act to authorize cities and towns to establish a pension fund for teachers in the public schools."
ART. 67. To hear and act upon the Report of the Committee appointed to investigate conditions at the sewerage pumping station, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 68. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $800 for the observance of the Fourth of July, the money to be spent under the direction of the Park Commissioners and four other citizens, to be appointed from the floor, as petitioned for by Nathan G. Bubier, et als.
ART. 69. To see if the town will vote to construct a granolithic side. walk and put in edgestones on Paradise road, from the corner of Ellis road to the junction of Paradise road and Norfolk avenue, along what is known as "The Paradise Road Playgrounds," and to construct a concrete sidewalk and put in edgestones from the corner of Ellis road along Middlesex and
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Norfolk avenues to the junction of Norfolk avenue and Paradise road, along what is known as " The Paradise Road Playgrounds," and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Alfred F. Frazier, et als.
ART. 70. To hear and act upon the report of the Machon School Building Committee, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 71. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the employment of district or other nurses, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 72 of the Acts of 1911, as petitioned for by H. M. Lowd, et als.
ART. 72. To see if the town will borrow the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, to be used for grading, fencing and erecting stands at Phillips park, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 312 of the Acts of 1916, as petitioned for by C. Irving Lindsey.
ART. 73 To see if the town will appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the employment of a public health nurse, as authorized by Chapter 72, Section I, of the Acts of 1911, the said nurse to be under the control and direction of the Board of Health, as petitioned for by Loring Grimes, et als.
ART. 74. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to purchase an automobile for the use of the health officer, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Elias G. Hodgkins, et als.
ART. 75. To see if the town will vote to resurface Beach Bluff avenue from the railroad track to Atlantic avenue, the adjoining owners to pay a portion of the expense thereof, and appropriate money for the same, as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 76. To see if the town will adopt the following by-law :
CHAPTER V.
SECTION 3. Every contract exceeding the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars shall be accompanied by security by bond or otherwise conditioned upon the faithful performance of the same.
ART. 77. To see if the town will adopt the following by-law :
CHAPTER XII.
SECTION 4. Any person intending to erect a dwelling house or other building of a character not described in Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912 shall make an application in writing to the Inspector of Buildings for a permit for the erection of the same on a form furnished by such Inspector.
He shall submit to said Inspector all plans and specifications pertaining thereto, and no work shall be done until a permit has been issued therefor.
No person having obtained such a permit shall proceed with any work without first notifying the Inspector as to the time such work is to begin.
No permit issued by such Inspector, whether for a new building or for alteration, shall be in force for a period longer than one year.
SECT. 5. Any alteration in or addition to any building already erected, or hereafter to be built, of a character not described in Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912, except necessary repairs thereon, not affecting the construc- tion of the external or party walls, chimneys or stairways, shall, to the extent of such work, be subject to these by-laws, and a permit therefor shall be obtained in the manner described in Section 4.
The rebuilding or repairing of any buildings which have been damaged by fire or other casualties shall be subject to the restrictions which are imposed on the erection of new buildings by these by-laws.
SECT. II. The external walls of any building or any projection thereof except such as described in Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912, shall not be placed nearer than three feet to the line of dividing the premises upon which such building rests from the adjacent premises.
ART. 78. To appropriate and raise, by borrowing or otherwise, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for all or any of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing articles.
The polls will be closed at sunset.
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And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Depots, Post Offices and three other public and conspicuous places in the town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this seventh day of February, in the year 1917.
HENRY S. BALDWIN, CLARENCE B. HUMPHREY, WILLIAM E. CARTER,
Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy : Attest :
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
Return on the Warrant.
Pursuant to the within Warrant to me directed I have notified the legal voters of Swampscott, by posting attested copies of said Warrant at the Town Hall, Post Offices, Depots and three other and public conspicuous places in said Swampscott, on Saturday, February 10th, 1917, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting.
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
Annual Town Meeting, February 19, 1917.
In accordance with the foregoing Warrant, the voters of the town assembled at the Town Hall on Monday, February 19, 1917, and were called to order at 6 o'clock A. M. by Daniel F. Knowlton, Moderator. The Warrant to and including Article 16 and the Constable's return thereon was read by the Town Clerk.
Voted, To defer the reading of the balance of the Warrant until 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
The balance of the Warrant was read to. the meeting by the Town Clerk at IO o'clock.
The following were qualified by the Town Clerk for their respective duties.
Ballot Clerks : John A. Cullen (Dem.); William R. Patten (Rep.) ; Francis M. Kennedy (Dem.). Deputies : Abram G. Stone (Dem.); W. Percy Norcross (Rep.). The deputies appeared but were not qualified.
The ballots were delivered to the ballot clerks in the usual manner. There were prepared 1980 general and 300 special ballots. The following were qualified as Tellers : Republicans, Harold C. Snow, Alfred F. Frazier, Arthur C. Eaton, Thomas E. Berry, E. Marshall Kehoe, Harold H. Bartol, Joseph G. Reed and Horace R. Parker. Democrats, James A. Hegarty, John B. Cahoon, Jas. M. Kennedy, Frank G. Melvin, George H. Stone, James H. Ryan, Peter J. Blaser and John A. Finnegan.
Voted, To keep the polls open until sunset, 5.21 P. M.
There were 1,034 general ballots and 66 special ballots cast, the ballot box register was 1,033, the number of checks on the voting lists was 1,034.
At 9.10 P. M. the following result of balloting was announced :
For Moderator-Daniel F. Knowlton, 818, elected ; blanks, 216.
Town Clerk-George T. Till, 829, elected ; blanks, 205.
Selectmen-Henry S. Baldwin, 714, elected; William E. Carter, 666, elected; Clarence B. Humphrey, 526, elected; James F. Caton, 417 ; Robert Leslie, 300; Hazen W. Tyler, 133; blanks, 346.
Treasurer-William H. Bates, 881, elected ; blanks, 153.
Assessor-Three years, Edward A. Maxfield, 838, elected ; blanks, 196.
Collector of Taxes-Nathan G. Bubier, 867, elected ; blanks, 167.
School Committee, three years-Edward Tillotson, 616, elected ; Frank A. Butler, 384; blanks, 100.
Overseer of Poor, three years-Harry E. Cahoon, 851, elected ; blanks, 183.
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Member Board of Health, three years-Loring Grimes, M. D., 835, elected ; blanks, 199.
Member Water and Sewerage Board, three years-Harold G. Enholm, 470, elected ; Charles E. Hodgdon, 467 ; blanks, 97.
Park Commissioner, three years-Stuart P. Ellis, 507, elected ; Jonathan P. Blaney, 462 ; blanks, 65.
Trustee of Public Library, three years - Francis E. Ingalls, 825, elected ; blanks, 209.
Tree Warden-Everett P. Mudge, 829, elected ; blanks, 205.
Constables-Frank H. Bradford, 606, elected; Charles Walter Burrill, 625, elected ; Clarence W. Horton, 649, elected ; Edward B. Roberts, Jr., 469; blanks, 753.
License Question-Yes, 133; No, 777 ; blanks, 124.
On the Acceptance of Sections1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8, of Chapter 50 of the Revised Laws, pertaining to the assessment of betterments, Yes, 278; No, 237 ; blanks, 519.
On the acceptance of Sections 15, 16, 17 and 18, of Chapter 50 of the Revised Laws, pertaining to special appointment of betterment assess- ments, Yes, 276; No. 197 ; blanks 561.
On the acceptance of Section I of Chapter 134 of the Special Acts of 1916, authorizing the town to pay an annuity to the widow of Everett Smith, Yes, 530; No, 173; blanks, 351.
Voted, To adjourn at 9.30 P. M. to Tuesday evening, February 20, 1917, at 7.45 o'clock.
Attest : GEORGE T. TILL, Town Clerk.
Adjourned Annual Meeting, February 20, 1917.
In accordance with the foregoing adjournment, the voters of the town assembled at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, February 20, 1917.
The meeting was called to order at 8.15 o'clock, the necessary number of voters being present, by Daniel F. Knowlton, Moderator.
The records of the last meeting were read and approved.
Voted, Article 7. To accept all reports as printed referring all recom- mendations regarding appropriation to the Finance Committee.
Articles 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 referred to Finance Committee.
Voted, Article 13. To accept and adopt the report of the Finance Com- mittee as follows :
That the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, may be and hereby is, authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1917, to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of $250,000, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incur- red under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. (Unanimous.)
Article 14 to 31 inclusive referred to Finance Committee.
Voted, Article 32. To accept Manton road as laid out by the Selectmen.
Voted, Article 33. To select Sheridan terrace as laid out by the Select- men, as soon as the waivers are signed.
Voted, Article 34. To accept Stanwood road as laid out by the Select- men, as soon as the waivers are signed.
Voted, Article 35. To accept Bradlee avenue as laid out by the Select- men, as soon as the waivers are signed.
Voted, Article 36. To accept Stimpson road (portion) as laid out by the Selectmen, as soon as the waivers are signed.
Voted, Article 37. To accept Sargent road (portion) as laid out by the Selectmen, as soon as the waivers are signed.
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Voted, Article 38. To accept Prospect avenue (portion) as laid out by the Selectmen, as soon as the waivers are signed.
Voted, Article 39. To accept Arbutus road as laid out by the Select- men, as soon as the waivers are signed.
Voted, Article 40. To accept Aspen road as laid out by the Selectmen, as soon as the waivers are signed.
Voted, Article 41. To accept Hill Crest circle (portion) as laid out by the Selectmen, as soon as the waivers are signed.
Articles 42 to 61 inclusive referred to Finance Committee.
Voted, Article 62. To accept and adopt this article changing the name of Ontario street to Superior street.
Articles 63 to 66 inclusive referred to Finance Committee.
Voted, to lay Article 67 upon the table.
Articles 68 and 69 referred to Finance Committee.
Article 70, report of the Machon School Building Committee read.
To the Voters of the Town of Swampscott:
At the special town meeting of September 29, 1916, your committee reported on a proposition to build an eight room school building with an assembly hall on the present schoolhouse site on Essex street. Your com- mittee's recommendations, which were adopted at the adjourned special town meeting on October 20th, were as follows :
" That an option until March 1, 1917, be secured by the town on the Durkee property. That a committee be appointed to secure the services of an architect to provide plans and specifications for an eight room building and assembly hall. That the committee report in full as to the cost of this project at the next annual town meeting.
On examination of the site, your committee found that it would be necessary to take approximately 12,000 square feet of land lying on the east belonging to George D. R. Durkee, the estimated cost of which was $2,750. Architects were then invited to submit plans in competition for an eight room building and assembly hall on this site. The result indi- cated a difference of opinion as to whether the building should be located on the higher or lower elevation fronting Essex street. Each architect in the competition was called into consultation with your committee and the unanimous conclusion was reached that the cost to build on this site would be excessive. The use of this site would not only entail the excavation of an immense amount of ledge but also extraordinary expense in pre- paring the playground, building proper approaches, arranging for ade- quate drainage, and above all, making such disposition of the topography as to guarantee the safety of the children.
Your committee became satisfied that to build on this site even under the most auspicious placing of the structure, would entail an extra cost of approximately $8,000. It was therefore unanimously decided to abandon the Machon School site and take up the consideration of other proposi- tions. Those available in the vicinity seemed to be the Burrill lot, at the junction of Burrill and Essex streets, the Jackson Park Playground and land on Burpee road and Essex street. After giving due consideration to the advantages of each, your committee unanimously voted to recom- mend the Burpee road site and to recommend that the Board of Selectmen be given authority to take the necessary steps to secure for schoolhouse purposes the parcel of land bounded and described as follows : Easterly by Jackson park, southerly by Essex street, westerly by Burpee road and northerly by a line 150 feet from and parallel to Essex street.
The Burpee road lot has educational advantages similar to those which obtain at the Machon School site. It is adjacent to Jackson park which would afford the children a splendid playground. It is located at a point which promises to be a future center of a considerable school population. It is easy of access from all the area it would serve. It would be a strong aid in the development of this part of the town. The slight improve- ments that already have been made would not be an important obstacle in
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the way of taking the land for school purposes. It undoubtedly can be purchased at a price much less than what the sale of the Machon School site would bring and thereby provide a lot at no cost to the town with a balance to go into the town treasury for other purposes.
Because of the abandonment of the Machon School site your committee has been unable to proceed with plans and specifications for a building, as the question of the selection of a lot must first be determined in order that your committee may proceed intelligently. If its recommendation with regard to the Burpee road site meets with the approval of the townspeople, steps will be taken immediately to place before you at an early meeting complete plans for the proposed building, together with actual figures as to cost.
Thanking you for your consideration, we are,
(Signed) EDWARD TILLOTSON, Chairman, ARTHUR W. STUBBS, ROBERT F. KIMBALL, HENRY S. BALDWIN, WILLIAM E. CARTER, CLARENCE B. HUMPHREY.
Voted, To accept the report as read.
Voted, To divide the report of the Machon School Building Committee.
Voted, To adopt that portion of report of Machon School Building Com- mittee pertaining to site, giving the Selectmen authority to take the neces- sary steps to secure for school house purposes the parcel of land bounded and described as follows : Easterly by Jackson Park, southerly by Essex street, westerly by Burpee road and northerly by a line 150 feet from and parallel to Essex street.
Voted, To refer the Machon School matter back to the same committee, to procure plans and specifications and report at a future meeting.
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